David Byrne Movies
- 2021
Twyla Moves
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Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge:...
- 1980
Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
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Rare concert footage of Talking Heads performing their legendary Remain in Light set at Passiac, New Jersey's Capitol Theatre on November 4, 1980.
- 2008
Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
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Patton Oswalt makes funny faces and David Byrne performs in an unusual place.
- 1990
Summer of Love
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Produced in collaboration with MICA-TV, Summer of Love is a public service announcement produced for the American Foundation for AIDS Research....
- 1986
Dead End Kids
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The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids" by the NYC avant-garde theatre group The Mabou Mines.
- 2003
David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel
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"(Nothing But) Flowers" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) "And She Was" "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz,...
- 2006
Fabricating Tom Zé
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The life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop Tom Zé's 2005 European Tour. The documentary...
- 2004
Dennis Cleveland
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A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a television talk show in the late 20th century.
- 2015
We're Gonna Die
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With her band - Future Wife - and David Byrne, playwright Young Jean Lee takes the stage in a life-affirming show that anyone could perform, about...
- 1981
Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert
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Adrian Belew augments the band on this 50-minute performance from the Westfalenhalle, in Dortmund, Germany, on December 20th, 1980, for the Rockpop...
- 2006
By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
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French filmmakers Cedric Laty and Vincent Gerard chronicle the life of lensman William Eggleston, emerging with an artful documentary as much about...
- 2019
Triple-Chaser
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When US border agents fired tear gas grenades at civilians in November 2018, photographs showed that many of those grenades were manufactured by the...
- 1981
America Is Waiting
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Stock footage edited with music to comment on American culture.
- 1990
Beleza Tropical
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This half-hour documentary was screened on Channel 4 in 1989. Charlie Gillett is in conversation with David Byrne and Susan Young. Gillett explores...
- 2000
The Art of Amália
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Documentary about the life of Portuguese Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999) with an interview and collection of footage from performances...
- 1989
Umbabarauma
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This film, set to Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma) by Jorge Ben, was created to accompany Beleza Tropical: Brazil Classics 1, the first in a...
- 2004
Îlé Aiyé
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Ilé Aiyé explores the ways in which Candomblé has influenced the daily life and culture of the people of Brazil in music, art,...
- 2021
Social! Distance Dance Club
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A team of creatives get together to throw the safest possible dance party in the middle of the pandemic in NYC. Starring David Byrne, Christian...
- 2023
Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
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Delve into the life of Antônio José Santana Martins, known as Tom Zé. Born in Bahia, this scholar of Brazilian music heads to...
- 2018
The Making of True Stories
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The making of a film about a bunch of people in Virgil, Texas.